Claddagh, Galway c.1890

Note the tiny windows. British Penal Laws placed a tax on window light. Hence the reason for the very small and few windows in traditional Irish rural homes. The tax was the origin of the term "daylight robbery". pic.twitter.com/FSqs8Dseuo

— Irish Unity 🇮🇪 (@IrishUnity) January 21, 2021

No, that is most certainly not the origin of the phrase “daylight robbery.” The phrase wasn’t even used commonly until the mid-1900s, after the tax had been abolished for decades.

So much false etymology out there.